scrounge around



scrounge around (for someone or something)

Fig. to look around all over for someone or something. I scrounged around for Jamie, but she was nowhere to be found. I will try to scrounge around for a replacement part that will do the job.
See also: around, scrounge

scrounge around

Forage about in an effort to obtain something at no cost, as in We scrounged around their kitchen looking for a snack. It derives from the dialectal scrunge, "steal." [Colloquial; c. 1900]
See also: around, scrounge

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dareia-Late Greek
Savitr-Hinduism
Bakar-Basque
Goliathgə-LIE-əth (English)Biblical
JephthaJEF-thə (English)Biblical
Ellsworth['elzwə:θ]